A test of five mechanisms of species coexistence between rodents in a southern African savanna

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-61

  Perrin, M R ^a   Kotler, B P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Africa; Giving up densities; Habitat selection; Kalahari desert; Optimal patch use; Resource abundance; Rodents; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; RODENT; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

GERBILLINAE; LEUCOGASTER; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; RODENTIA; TATERA LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 18644386788     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2005.11407309     Document Type: Article

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